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    • Monday, November 17, 2014

    BIG TEST FOR SOLAR ROADS KICKS OFF

    Solar-Energy Roadway Test Begins in the Netherlands

    November 11, 2014 (AP via NY Times)

    “SolaRoad, a project that tests roadways as a way to collect solar energy, [just started] in the Netherlands with about 230 feet of a bike path in the town of Krommenie, near Amsterdam. The path is built of Lego-like solar panels set in concrete and protected by heavy glass…[E]ach square meter of road generated 50 to 70 kilowatt-hours of energy per year, or enough for the initial strip to supply power to one or two Dutch households. The test is scheduled to run three years and will cost 3 million euros ($3.7 million)…[D]espite the high costs of developing the first SolaRoad, successor projects may be more profitable as solar cells grow cheaper and more efficient[according to Sten de Wit of the engineering firm TNO]…” click here for more

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSpFM9eeyEk

    posted by Herman K. Trabish @ 5:48 AM

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